This week's selection consists mostly of down-and-dirty Python tricks from Python experts, from buffers to pipes to the usual regexp magic: There are a few enthusiastic comments about why JPython is a killer combination, in response to a query by Dan Star: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536378821 Hrvoje Niksic puts forth a simple function which allows reading from and writing to a Unix process while avoiding deadlocks: http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69418.html Robin Boerdijk gives insightful comments on the buffer interface in his argument for having used a C extension in his xstruct module: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536789633 http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019510.html Marc-Andre Lemburg tells how to execute .pyc files in a given enviroment: http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019581.html Greg Andruk and Moshe Zadka both implement record separators for file objects: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536905656 http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019572.html Tim Peters reviews reasons for realizing robust regexps: http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69416.html ========================================================================= Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------